How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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: m. E4 s8 W: P' uThe clear and present danger
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as
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, v8 `6 q5 j8 i7 Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe country sparsely populated by humans.os.tvboxnow.com- @: [! }; @8 |8 L
+ l x: E) N% J6 e* W6 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
! }) v8 z! v5 G: E$ e5 U公仔箱論壇The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
! W2 u" N8 W6 r& D: j0 Q1 d, a- D# k5 S公仔箱論壇new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those公仔箱論壇" M, Y' P. t! y
of migrants.
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now? N0 r: u0 ~. O% `% }5 Z
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight' ~! T* b1 k* f6 y) N
20 years later.
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in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
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" H5 S! Y4 p! x公仔箱論壇The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
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overseas, who would decide not to come back.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ^5 k' c4 A& |' ^: Q3 f
"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
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2 }5 H7 s, Y& i4 Y6 p# \公仔箱論壇Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems7 k5 b! O9 B+ V. c
are not here without a reason.
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarksTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" ?; B L/ x- B0 m/ s' l
have touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we canos.tvboxnow.com" o5 k4 R" G8 q. o; _. g
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a公仔箱論壇1 P: d4 N* x4 V+ W0 r S
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to
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glimpse of one or two of them.. G9 |1 j5 @; I/ [ n! @0 m
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope weos.tvboxnow.com0 H0 y2 z- C: w7 A& o; V
will not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steadyTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。; Q+ c6 g# K8 c6 K7 t8 l" X9 ?
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,! p5 D R' m6 S: X
they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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$ O3 D p" k6 A, ^6 {/ pBut Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
: @* u" ]4 P& d: I7 `公仔箱論壇helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" L2 Z# p& U& |9 o6 n
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and
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* [7 \0 C4 O( H; h6 {" Fos.tvboxnow.comThe next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese公仔箱論壇$ L4 p0 \& V) ~; V! G5 I
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and moretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! Z) i W* j1 ]" p& l( ~
ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese' E9 S8 T8 M2 G. B( v* p1 D* }- J
community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians willTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ e U* u+ |* y* X: D
exit the country in droves., K) ~7 ~+ R6 X9 `
6 v R7 u5 D: T! I! zOn the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
3 N; B; B) u# V& l n( O, n公仔箱論壇conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the
T5 X( {4 l! S h' L7 @os.tvboxnow.comcommon Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of& x, y/ V H! g! j0 x4 g
secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have aos.tvboxnow.com% p$ u6 \, G) I- `$ |' C
much more promising future here.4 I, X1 f: H5 ~0 R
So will Malaysia .$ h1 l2 @, T1 s
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most importanttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 w ]# N% L9 k; }: b8 F
element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
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. B1 P4 Q* Q+ s8 [( J8 _; Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
. `1 O2 V1 _7 }! p1 Sos.tvboxnow.comobscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our
1 ]+ U0 A, a. {: N. r公仔箱論壇internal conditions remain this bleak.
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* `" q2 g( H: h3 y1 U5 c. f- M8 IWe cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years公仔箱論壇5 x6 [7 N* C' B+ Z" i, j7 \8 M% N( Z
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.
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1 v8 H9 M; `3 y. j4 Y: }$ pos.tvboxnow.comMeaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
3 z% \" A; r E2 f/ Pos.tvboxnow.complace within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
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What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre andtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" T7 n: h: v# Q' T6 p
farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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